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OFFICE OF 

STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS 



_ _ , '_, Columbus, O., August 15, 1902. 

lo Boards of Education: 

Your attention is called to the changes made by the General Assembly in the 
compulsory education law, which is made much stronger and gives boards of 
education and truant officers increased powers for its enforcement. The law is 
printed in full, together with the sections relating to child labor and forms to 
be followed by those who are to execute the same. 

Yours truly, 




Commissioner. 



Compulsory Education Law. 



[House Bill No. 663.] 
AN ACT 

To amend sections 4022-1 to 1022-14 inclusive and to repeal sec- 
tions 4025, 402T, and 4029 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio: 
Section I. That sections 4022-1 to 4022-14 inclusive 
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio he amended so as to read 
as follows : 

Sec. 4022-1. All parents, guardians and other persons 
who have care of children, shall instruct them, or cause 
them to be instructed in reading, spelling, writing. English 
grammar, geography and arithmetic. Every parent, guar- 
dian or other person having charge of any child between 
the ages of eight and fourteen years shall send such child 
to a public, private or parochial school, for the full time 
that the school attended is in session, which shall in no 
case be for less than twenty-four weeks, and said attendance 
shall begin within the first week of the school term, unless 
the child is excused from such attendance by the super- 
intendent of the public schools, in city or other districts hav- 
ing such superintendent, or by the clerk of the board of 
education in village, special and township districts not hav- 
ing such superintendent, or by the principal of the private 
or parochial school, upon satisfactory showing, either that 
the bodily or mental condition of the child does not per- 
mit of its attendance at school, or that the child is being 
instructed at home by a person qualified, in the opinion of 
the superintendent of schools in city or other districts hav- 
ing such superintendent, or the clerk of the board of edu- 
cation in special, village and township districts not having 
such superintendent, to teach the branches named in this 
section. In case such superintendent, principal or clerk 
refuse to excuse a child from attendance at school, an appeal 
may be taken from such decision to the probate judge of 
the county, upon the giving of a bond, within ten days 
after such refusal, to the approval of said judge,. to pay 
all the costs of the appeal, and the decision of the probate 
judge in the matter shall be final. All children between 



Compulsory 
education: 



In what 
branches chil- 
dren must be 
taught. 



Xeeesary 
time of 
attendar.ee. 



Excuse. 



Appeal in cas 
of refusal to 
excuse. 



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Penalty for 
failure to place 
child in school 
as herein 
provided. 



Employment 
of children 
under age of 
fourteen years; 
when unlaw- 
ful ; penalty. 



Attendance of 
minors in 
certain cases. 



the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, not engaged in some 
•regular employment, shall attend school for the full term 
the schools of the district in which they reside are in ses- 
sion during the school year, unless excused for [the] reasons 
above named. Any parent, guardian, or other person, hav- 
ing care of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen 
years, who shall, in violation of the provisions of this sec- 
tion, fail to place such child in school at the commence- 
ment of the annual school term within the time prescribed 
in this section, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than 
five dollars nor more than twenty dollars. And upon the 
failure or refusal of any such parent, guardian, or other 
person to pay said fine, then said parent, guardian, or other 
person shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than 
ten days nor more than thirty days. 

Sec. 4022-2. No child under fourteen years of age 
shall be employed or be in the employment of any per- 
son, company or corporation, during the school term and 
while the public schools are in session, unless such child 
shall present to such person, company or corporation an 
age and schooling certificate herein provided for. An age 
and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the 
superintendent of schools, or by a person authorized by 
him, in city or other districts having such superintendent, 
or by the clerk of the board of education in village, special 
and township districts not having such superintendent upon 
a satisfactory proof of the age of such minor and that he 
has successfully completed the studies enumerated in sec- 
tion 4022-1 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio; or if between 
the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, a knowledge of his 
or her ability to read and write legibly the English language. 
The age and schooling certificate shall be formulated by 
the, state commissioner of common schools and the same 
furnished, in blank, by the clerk of the board of education. 
Every person, company or corporation employing any child 
under sixteen years of age, shall exact the age and school- 
ing certificate prescribed in this section, as a condition of 
employment and. shall keep the same on file, and shall upon 
request of the truant officer hereinafter provided for, per- 
mit him to examine such age and schooling certificate. Any 
person, company or corporation, employing any minor con- 
trary to the provisions of this section shall be fined not less 
than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 4022-3. All minors over the age of fourteen and 
under the age of sixteen years, who cannot read and write 



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the English language shall be required to attend school as 
provided in section 4022-1 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio 
and all the provisions of said section shall apply to said 
minors ; provided, that such attendance shall not be re- 
quired of such minors after they have secured a certificate 
from the superintendent of schools, in districts having su- 
perintendents or the clerk of the board of education in dis- 
tricts not having superintendents, that they can read and 
write the English language. No person, company or cor- Employment 

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poration shall employ any such minor during the time schools ors; penalty, 
are in session, or having such minor in their employ shall 
immediately cease such employment, upon notice from the 
truant officer who is hereinafter provided for. Every per- 
son, company or corporation violating the provisions of 
this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more 
than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 4022-4. Every child between the ages of eight Juvenile 
and fourteen years, and every child between the ages of persons, 
fourteen and sixteen years unable to read and write the 
English language, or not engaged in some regular em- 
ployment, who is an habitual truant from school, or who 
absents itself habitually from school, or who, while in at- 
tendance at any public, private or parochial school, is 
incorrigible, vicious or immoral in conduct, or who habit- 
ually wanders about the streets and public places during 
school hours having no business or lawful occupation, shall 
be deemed a juvenile disorderly person, and be subject to 
the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 4022- s. To aid in the enforcement of this act, Truant offi- 

^ J cers; powers 

truant officers shall be appointed and employed as follows : and duties. 
In city districts the board of education shall appoint and - 
employ one or. more truant officers; in special, village and 
township districts the board of education shall appoint a 
constable or other person as truant officer. The compen- 
sation of the truant officer shall be fixed and paid by the 
board appointing him. The truant officer shall be vested 
with police powers, the 'authority to serve warrants, and 
shall have authority -to enter workshops, factories, stores 
and all other places where children may be employed, and 
do whatever may be necessary, in the way of investigation 
or otherwise, to enforce this act ; he is also authorized to 
take into custody the person of any youth between eight 
and fourteen years of age, or between fourteen and sixteen 
years o>f age when not regularly employed or when unable 
to read and write the English language, who is not at- 



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Report of 
principal and 
teachers. 



Proceedings 
in case of 
truancy; 
penalties. 



tending school, and shall conduct said youth to the school 
he has been attending, or which he should rightfully at- 
tend. The truant officer shall institute proceedings against 
any officer, parent, guardian, person or corporation violating 
any provisions of this act, and shall otherwise discharge the 
duties described in this act, and perform such other ser- 
vices as the superintendent of schools or the board of edu- 
cation may deem necessary to preserve the morals and 
secure the good conduct of school children, and to enforce 
this act. The truant officer shall keep a record of his trans- 
actions for the inspection and information of the super- 
intendent of the schools and the board of education; and 
he shall make daily reports to the superintendent of schools 
during the school term in districts having superintendents, 
and to the clerk of the board of education in districts not 
having superintendents, as often as required by him. Suit- 
able blanks for the use of the truant officer shall be provided 
by the clerk of the board of education. 

Sec. 4022-6. It shall be the duty of all principals 
and teachers of all schools, public, private and paro- 
chial, to report to the clerk of the board of education of 
the city, special, village or township district in which the 
schools are situated, the names, ages and residences of all 
pupils in attendance at their schools, together with such 
other facts as said clerk may require', in order to facilitate 
the carrying out of the provisions of this act, and the clerk 
shall furnish blanks for such purpose, and such report 
shall be made during the last week of each month from 
September to June inclusive of each yesir. It shall be the 
further duty of such principals and teachers to report to the 
truant officer, the superintendent of public schools, or the 
clerk of the board of education, all cases of truancy or 
incorrigibility in their respective schools as soon after these 
offenses have been committed as practicable. 

Sec. 4022-7. On the request of the superintendent of 
schools or the board of education, or when it otherwise 
comes to his notice, the truant officer shall examine into 
any case of truancy within his district, and warn the truant 
and his parents, guardian or other person in charge, in 
writing, of the final consequences of truancy if persisted 
in. When any child between the ages of eight and fourteen 
years, or any child between the ages of fourteen and six- 
teen years who cannot read and write the English language 
or who is not regularly employed, is not attending school, 
in violation of the provisions of this act, the truant officer 



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shall notify the parent, guardian or other person in charge 
of such child, of the fact, and require such parent, guar- 
dian or other person in charge, to cause the child to attend 
some recognized school within two days from the date of 
the notice; and it shall be the duty of the parent, guar- 
dian or other person in charge of the child, so to cause 
its attendance at some recognized school. Upon failure to 
do so, the truant officer shall make complaint against the 
parent, guardian or other person in charge of the child, 
in any court of competent jurisdiction in the city, special, 
village or township district in which the offense occurs, 
for such failure, and upon conviction, the parent, guardian 
or other person in charge, shall be fined not less than five 
dollars nor more than twenty dollars, or the court may in 
its discretion, require the person so convicted to give a 
bond in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, with sureties 
to the approval of the court, conditioned that he or she 
will cause the child under his or her charge to attend 
some recognized school within two days, thereafter and to 
remain at such school during the term prescribed by law; 
and upon the failure or refusal of any such parent, guar- 
dian or other person to pay said fine and costs or furnish 
said bond according to the order of the court, then said 
parent, guardian or other person shall be imprisoned in 
the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty 
days. 

Sec. 4022-8. If the parent, guardian or other person Proceedings 
in charge of any child shall, upon the complaint under the juvenile db- 
last section for a failure to cause the child to attend a sons* y per 
recognized school, prove inability to do so, then he or she 
shall be discharged, and thereupon the truant officer shall 
make complaint that the child is a juvenile disorderly per- 
son within the meaning of section 4022-4 of the Revised 
Statutes of Ohio. If such complaint be made before any 
mayor, justice of the peace, or police judge, it shall be certi- 
fied byssuch magistrate to the probate judge. The probate 
judge shall hear such complaint, and if he determine that 
the child is a juvenile disorderly person within the meaning 
of section 4022-4 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, he shall 



Sec 7. Under this section trial by jury is not authorized. The 
courts have discriminated between imprisonment as a direct penalty 
for an offense and imprisonment used as a means of enforcing the 
payment of a fine. {Inwood vs. State, 42 O. S. 186.) Section 12 
of this law makes imprisonment a direct penalty for the offense, 
and hence provides for a trial by jury. 



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Relief to en- 
able child to 
attend school 
required time. 



commit the child if under ten years of age, and eligible for 
admission thereto, to a children's home, or if not eligible, 
then to a house of refuge if there be one in the count} 7 or to 
the boys' industrial school or the girls' industrial home, or 
to some other juvenile reformatory. No child over ten 
years of age shall be committed to a county children's home, 
and any child committed to a children's home, may on 
request of the trustees of such home and it being shown 
that it is vicious and incorrigible, be transferred by the pro- 
bate judge to the boys' industrial school or the girls' indus- 
trial home. A child committed to any juvenile reformatory 
under this section, shall not be detained there beyond the 
age of sixteen years and may be discharged sooner by the 
trustees under the restrictions applicable to other inmates. 
Any order of commitment to a juvenile reformatory may 
be suspended, in the discretion of the probate judge, for' 
such time as the child may regularly attend school and 
properly conduct itself. The expense incurred in the trans- 
portation of a child to a juvenile reformatory and the costs 
in the case in which the order of commitment is made, or 
the child discharged, or in which judgment is suspended, 
shall be paid by the county where the offense was com- 
mitted, after the • manner provided in section 759 of the 
Revised Statutes of Ohio. Provided, further, that if for 
any cause the parent, guardian or other person in charge of 
any juvenile disorderly person as defined in section 4022-4 
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio shall fail to cause such 
juvenile disorderly person to attend school, then complaint 
against such juvenile disorderly person shall be made, heard 
and determined in like manner as provided in case the 
parent proves inability to cause such juvenile disorderly per- 
son to attend school. 

Sec. 4022-9. When any truant officer is satisfied that 
any child, compelled to attend school by the provisions of 
this act, is unable to attend school because absolutely re- 
quired to work, at home or elsewhere, in order to support 
itself or help support or care for others legally entitled to 
its services, who are unable to support or care for them- 
selves, the truant officer shall report the case to the author- 
ities charged with the relief of the poor, and it shall be the 
duty of said officers to afford such relief as will enable 
the child to attend school the time each year required under 
this act. Such child shall not be considered or declared a 
pauper by reason of the acceptance of the relief herein 
provided for. In case the child, or its parents or guardian, 



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to take advantage of the provisions thus 
made for its instruction, such child may be committed to a 
children's home or a juvenile reformatory, as provided for 
in section 4022-8 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. In all 
cases where relief is necessary it shall be the duty of the 
board of education to furnish text books free of charge 
and said board may furnish any further relief it may deem 
necessary, the expenses incident to furnishing said books 
and relief to be paid from the contingent funds of the school 
district. 

Sec. 4022-10. The provisions of this act shall apply As. to insti- 
to children entitled under existing statutes, to attend school and°dumb o" 
at the institution for the deaf and dumb or the institution thlbHnd? 
for the blind, so far as the same are properly enforcible. 
Truant officers shall, within sixty days after the passage of 
this act, and annually between the first day of July and the 
first day of August, report to the probate judge of their 
respective counties the names, ages, and residence of all 
such children between the ages of eight and eighteen years, 
with the names and postoffice address of their parents, 
guardians or the persons in charge of them ; also a statement 
whether the parents, guardians or person in charge of each 
child is able to educate and is educating the child, or whether 
the interests of the child will be promoted by sending it 
to one of the state institutions mentioned. Upon informa- 
tion thus or otherwise obtained, the probate judge may fix 
a time when he will hear the question whether any such 
child shall be required to be sent for instruction to one of 
the state - institutions mentioned, and he shall thereupon 
issue a warrant to the proper truant officer or some other 
suitable person, to bring the child before such judge at his 
office at the time fixed for the hearing; and shall also issue 
an order on the parents, guardian or person in charge 
of the child to appear before him at such hearing, a 
copy of which order, in writing, shall be served personally 
on the proper person by the truant officer or other person 
ordered to bring the child before the judge. If, on the 
hearing, the probate judge is satisfied that the child is not 
being properly educated at home, and will be benefited by 
attendance at one of the state institutions mentioned, and 
is a suitable person to receive instruction therein, he may 
send or commit such child to such institution. The cost of 
such hearing, and the transportation of the child to such 
institution shall be paid by the county after the manner 
provided, where a child is committed to a state reformatory 



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Penalties. 



Jurisdiction. 



Violations by 
corporations. 



Disposition of 
fines collected. 

JEmployment 
of attorney; 
compensation. 



Repeated 
violations. 



under section 4022-8 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio ; pro- 
vided nothing in this section contained shall be construed 
to require the trustees of either of the state institutions men- 
tioned, to receive any child not a suitable subject to be 
received and instructed therein, under the laws, rules and 
regulations governing such institutions. 

Sec. 4022-11. Any officer, principal, teacher or other 
person mentioned in this act, neglecting to perform any 
duty imposed upon him by this act, shall be fined not less 
than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each 
offense. Any officer or agent of any corporation violating 
any provisions of this act, who participates or acquiesces in 
or is cognizant of such violation, shall be fined not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. Any person 
who violates any provision of this act for which a penalty is 
not elsewhere in this act provided, shall be fined not more 
than fifty dollars. Mayors, justices of the peace, police 
judges, and probate judges shall have jurisdiction to try the 
offenses described in this act, and their judgment shall be 
final. When complaint is made, information filed, or indict- 
ment found against any corporation for violating this act, 
summons shall be served, appearance made, or plea entered, 
as provided in section 7231, Revised Statutes of Ohio, except 
that in complaints before magistrates, service shall be made 
by the constable. In all other cases process shall be served, 
and proceedings had, as in cases of misdemeanor. In every 
case of complaint against a child involving commitment to 
any children's home or juvenile reformatory, the board of 
county visitors shall be notified and must attend and pro- 
tect the interest of the child on the hearing, as provided in 
section 633-18 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio; and the 
order of commitment of the child to a state reformatory 
must show that the county visitors were so notified and 
attended the hearing. All fines collected under the pro- 
visions of this act shall be paid into the funds of the school 
district in which the offense was committed. Boards of 
education are authorized to employ legal counsel to prose- 
cute any case arising under the provisions of this act 
when it shall deem the same necessary, and the services 
of such counsel shall be paid for from the contingent fund 
of the district. 

Sec. 4022-12. Every person who, after being once con- 
victed for violating any of the provisions of this act, shall 
be convicted of again violating any of the provisions of 
this act, may, in addition to the punishment by way of a 



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Sufficient 
school accom- 
modations to 
be provided. 



fine elsewhere provided for, be imprisoned not less than 
ten days nor more than thirty days. On complaint, before 
a mayor, justice of the peace, or police judge of a second 
violation of this act involving punishment by imprisonment, 
if a trial by jury be not waived, a jury shall be chosen and 
the case tried, after the manner provided in section 3718a, 
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 

Sec. 4022-13. It is hereby made the duty of every 
board of education in this state to provide sufficient accom- 
modations in the public schools for all children in their 
district compelled to attend the public schools under the 
provisions of this act. Authority to levy the tax and raise 
the money necessary for such purpose, is hereby given the 
proper officers charged with such duty under the law. 

Sec. 4022-14. No person or officer instituting pro- Costs in 
ceedings under this act shall be required to advance, or underthis^ct. 
give security for costs; and if a defendant is acquitted or 
discharged, or if convicted and committed to jail in default 
of payment of fine and costs, the justice, mayor, police judge 
or probate judge, before whom such case was brought shall 
certify such costs to the county auditor, who shall examine 
and, if necessary, correct the account, and issue his war- 
rant to the county treasurer in favor of the respective per- 
sons to whom such costs are due for the amount due to each. 

Section 2. That said original sections 4022-1, 4022-2, Repeals, etc. 
4022-3, 4022-4, 4022-5, 4022-6, 4022-7, 4022-8, 4022-9, 
4022-10, 4022-11, 4022-12, 4022-13, 4022-14, 4025, 4027 
and 4029 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, be and the same 
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

\V. S. McKinnon, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
F. B. Archer, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 12, 1902. 427G 



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Employment of Minors. 



Offenses 
against public 
policy: 



Provisions 
governing 
employment 

of minors. 



Unlawful 
employment 
of minors. 



Night em- 
ployment. 



[House Bill No. 406.] 

AN ACT 

To amend sections 4364-66, 6986-7, and 6986-8 of the Revised 
Statutes of Ohio. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That sections 4364-66, 6986-7, and 6986-8 
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be amended so as to read 
as follows : , 

(Sec. 4364-66). That no person, company or corpora- 
tion, as aforesaid, shall give employment to any minor, 
without agreeing with said minor what wages or compen- 
sation he or she shall be entitled to receive per day, Week, 
month or year or per piece for work performed; and writ- 
ten evidence of such agreement shall be furnished to such 
minor, and on or before each pay day a statement of earn- 
ings due, and the amount thereof to be paid to him or her 
on such pay day shall be given to such minor, and no sub- 
sequent change shall be made in the wages or compen- 
sation of such minor without notice of the same being given 
to him or her at least twenty-four hours previous to its 
going into effect, and when such change is effected writ- 
ten agreement shall be given as in the first instance to said 
minor employe. 

Sec. 6986-7. No child under the age of fourteen years 
shall be employed in any factory, workshop, mercantile or 
other establishment, directly or indirectly at any time; and 
no such child under said age shall be employed in any 
other manner, whether it be for compensation or other- 
wise, when the public schools in which district such child 
resides are in session. It shall be the duty of every person 
employing minors under the age of eighteen years to keep 
a register in which shall be recorded the name, birthplace, 
age and place of residence of every minor employed by 
him under the age of eighteen years. 

(Sec. 6986-8). No boy under sixteen years of age 
and no girl under eighteen years of age, shall be employed 
at any work at night time later than seven o'clock in the 
evening nor earlier than six o'clock in the morning, and 



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no minor under eighteen years of age shall be employed Number of 
in any of the places named in section 6986-7 of the Re- pioyment; 
vised Statutes of Ohio for a longer period than ten hours 
in one day, nor more than fifty-five hours in one week; 
and every such minor under eighteen years of age shall be 
entitled to no less than thirty minutes for meal time at 
noon, but such meal time shall not be included as part of 
the work hours of the day ; and every employer shall post Notice sposted 
in a conspicuous place in every room where such minors 
are employed a printed notice stating the maximum num- 
ber of work hours required in one week, and in each day 
of the week from such minors, such printed notice to be 
furnished by the chief inspector of workshops and factories, 
and approved by the attorney general. 

Section 2. That said original sections 4364-66, 6986-7 Repeals, etc. 
and 6986-8 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be and the same 
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

W. S. McKinnon, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
F. B. Archer, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 12, 1902. 414G 



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FORMS, 



* NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN. 

State of Ohio, County, ss.: 

To 

You are hereby notified that , a child between the ages of - 

and years, under your charge, is not attending school, that such non- 
attendance is in direct violation of the law and without legal excuse. 

You are hereby required to cause said child to attend some recognized school 
within two days from the date of this notice, and you are warned that if the 
truancy of said child is persisted in the final consequence will be as provided, 
by law, as indorsed hereon. 

Witness my hand this day of , 19. .. 

' 

Truant Officer. 

school district, county, Ohio. 

Print sections 4022-7 and 6986-7, R. S.; on reverse side of form. 



NOTICE TO TRUANT. 

State of Ohio , County , ss. : 

To . , a child between the ages of and years. 

You are hereby notified that you are and will be required to attend some- 
recognized school within two days from the date of this notice, and you are 
hereby warned that if this notice is not complied with the final consequences will 
be as provided by law as indorsed hereon. 

Witness my hand this day of , 19. .. 



school district, county, Ohio. 

Print section 4022-8 in full on reverse side of form. 



Truant Officer. 



NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS OF YOUTH. 

To [Here insert name of person, company or corporation] : 

Your attention is respectfully called to sections 4022-2, 4022-3, 4022-5 and' 
4022-11, 6986-7, R. S. , to compel the elementary education of children. 

In compliance with the provisions of this act, you are requested to return to 
me on this blank the names, ages, and add residences of all minors under fourteen 
years of age employed by you, also all minors between fourteen and sixteen years 
of age, and to state whether you have a certificate from the superintendent of" 
schools, or clerk of the board of education that authorizes you to employ such: 
minors. 



Clerk of Board of Education.. 



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1 1 

Names of Minors. 1 Age. Residence. 


Certificate — Yes or No. 



































In cities this notice may be signed by the superintendent of schools. 

This certificate must be kept on file until the youth reaches the age of 
.sixteen years and must be accessible to the Truant Officer and the Inspector of 
Factories at all times. 



AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE. 
(For minors under sixteen years of age. Employed at labor.) 
Law of 1902. 
This certifies that I am the of and 

(Parent or guardian) (Name of child) 

that was born at in the county of State of 

on the day of , 18 . . , and is now years months old. 



(Name of parent or .guardian) 



The said having satisfactorily verified the fore- 

(Name of parent or guardian) 

going statement I hereby approve the above certificate of ; 

(Name of child) 
height .... feet .... inches; complexion ; hair ; having no sufficient 

reason to doubt that .... is of the age therein certified. 

I hereby certify that can read at sight and write legibly 

(Name of child) 

simple sentences in the English language. 

This certificate belongs to and is to be surrendered to .... 

(Name of child) 

whenever ..., leaves the services of the person, company or corporation holding 
the same; but if not claimed by said child within thirty days from such time, 
it shall be returned to the Superintendent of Schools. 

Signature 

, 190— Supt. of Schools. 



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COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW. 



19' 



TEACHER'S REPORT. 
(Section 4022-6.) 



-, Ohio, 



-, 19—. 



To tlie Clerk of tJie Board of Education of 



County, Ohio. 



The following is a correct list of the scholars attending my school during 

the month ending , 190 — . 

, Teacher. 



Names of scholars. 



Age. 



Residence. 



LIBRARY OF 



CONGRESS 



020 7730609 



